Movement skills/concepts
Dynamic balance, climbing at different levels, on equipment, in general space and in different directions.
Set-up
- Hoops, ladder, steps, hand and foot cut-outs or animal footprints.
- Individuals or small groups start at different points of a smooth surface circuit.
Activity
Children practice the following activities in the circuit.
- Mirror games: In pairs, one person does an arm or leg action and the other mirrors this action. How fast can you move?
- Climbing steps: Make steps from equipment, or use existing steps with cut-out hand/ foot shapes, which children move over with hand/foot crawling action.
- Hoop patterns: Set up a trail of hoops which children follow on all fours, placing only one hand or one foot in a hoop at a time.Horizontal ladder: On all fours, children conduct a firefighter rescue by moving along a
- drawn ladder, or a real ladder horizontally placed, and rescuing an object (e.g. teddy/doll) at the end.
Can you see …?
• alternate, independent foot and leg action
• safe surface for hands
• frequent breaks from walking on the hands
COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE
Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.
You could ask …
What did you enjoy about climbing?
Did you find any activities difficult? Why was this?
